The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-25


horses nose amongst us and said,
'I'll fight you Jack Dowsett," and
got down from his horse and said,
"You hit me, you take the often
sive." I have since found out il
was Dias. Several of us said
whats the good of fighting OF
kicking up row." When The man
took off his coat, / saw police
mans badge for the first time. Up
to that time / did not know either
of them were policemen. When
Dias took up the fight Dowsett told
him If he would take off his badge
and come inside he would fight him.
Dias repeated two or three times,
'you strike me first" Dowsett
backed off little, and Dias rushed
forward. Dias caught hold of Jack
Dowsett around the arms and the
body. He said nothing about ar
resting him. l tried to separate
them. did not strike Dias at any
time that evening. Neither did 1
strike Robinson. Up to that time
Dias had not been struck by anyone
that saw. l did not see Dowsett
catch hold of Dias's bride and l am
very positive he did not strike him.
l was in position where could
see. Dias was not prevented from
passing along the street by someone
grabbing at his bride. After L
tried to separate them it resolved
itself into general scufile. My
idea was if we could push them in
side the gate we could separate
them. The gate gave away while
the scuflle was going on and several
of the men went down on the
ground. After that, l stepped into
the road. Up to this time Mr..
Widemann was behind Mr.. Dow
sett, nearer the gate. After that l
went outside and stood out in the
road. / don't remember any ex-
press Wagon being near. l heard
policeman's whistle blown. 1t
blew when Dias and Dowsett had
clinched or minute after that. l
do not know who blew it. l then
saw several policemen around and l
saw Mr.. Muller arrested, and l
think Mr.. Creighton was taken off
also. After that Robinson stepped
up to me with policeman's chilly"
in his hand. Some spectator stepped
in and prevented him from using it.
Dias and another then came up be-
hind me and arrested me, and /
said, "What do you want to arrest
me for!" They replied, 'for your
interfering in the trouble at the
gate" AS they held me pretty
tightly, 1 told them to let go and l
would go with them. Coming to a
carriage, we got in and rode down.
There were in the carriage Mr..
Creighton, Mr.. Muller and a police
MAJ. At Mr.. Muller's l was look
ing at some picture albums. l think
every one in the crowd had one
drink while there. A quart bottle
of champagne, a brandy bottle with
an inch or two of brandy in it, and,
I think, some beer, was all the
liquor that was produced. l was
not under the influence of liquor
when ] left the house. Mr.. Wide
mann was not under the influence of
liquor, nor did l notice anything
the matter with Mr.. Dowsett. When
Mr.. Muller was arrested / did not
interfere. l did not strike the Off
Ger that arrested him.
Cross-examined by the Marshal:
l went to Mr.. Muller's about half
past 10 o'clock. probably had
more than 5 glasses of champagne
before left the Hotel. Altogether
it would not make 10. ! did not
count and therefore / do not know
how many glasses I had. Four of
us had planned to play whist and
going to Mr., Muller's was an after
thought. Drinking 5 glasses Of
champagne at supper would not
affect me. The party consisted of
8 or 10 persons. When l came out
Of the gate l went on to the side
walk. The policemen had not eau
toned US about making a noise.
did not know Robinson, There were
about ten in our party and 10 or ~
policemen. I did not form an
opinion of how many spectators
were there. l did not hear that
night that Dias and Robinson had
been hurt. don't remember see
ing LOkana there. 1 think the man
who told Robinson not to use his
billy" was Charlie Arnold. / am
not aware that l was one Of the par
ties cautioned at the Hotel not to
make noise.
by the Court--On arriving at the
gate there was no shouting or
At 1850 p. NJ. the Court adjourned
to $3.50 A. NJ. Saturday.
The assault case was resumed this
morning at half-past 8 O'Clock.